In de vorige aflevering van het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart werd uitgebreid terug gekeken op de recente herschikking van de Artemis-planning, o.a. door de toevoeging van een extra test vlucht. Ook deze week werden de gevolgen daarvan nog verder besproken. Ondertussen werd ook bevestigd dat de Boeing EUS – Exploration Upper Stage – niet langer meer zal ontwikkeld worden. In de plaats komt De Centaur V van United Launch Alliance. Verder lijkt het er op dat het ISS nog tot 2032 zal gebruikt worden, in afwachting van de commerciële ruimtestations. Dat en nog veel meer ook deze week in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: De Canadese robotarm is klaar om de Japanse bevoorradingscapsule HTV-X1 los te laten. De capsule hing eerder aan het ISS en zal nu nog enkele maanden op zichzelf rond de Aarde draaien voor het uitvoeren van een aantal experimenten. Foto: NASA.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Proba-3 in de problemen.
ESA:  Work ongoing to restore contact with Proba-3's Coronagraph.

SpaceCom: Will Proba-3 phone home? European solar-eclipse satellite goes dark.
European Spaceflight: ESA Has Lost Contact With One of Its PROBA-3 Spacecraft.

Zonnepanelen ALTIUS getest.
ESA: Testing ozone-monitoring satellite’s solar wings.
Beelden van de test vind je hier.

Vlaamse chip voor Europese Starlink – Tusk IC.
De Tijd: Vlaamse chips moeten Europees alternatief voor Starlink mogelijk maken.
De website van Tusk IC vind je hier.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

01.03.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 17-23 (VSFB).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX to launches 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast.
SpaceCom: SpaceX deploys two more Starlink groups into orbit on March 1 bicoastal launches.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 25 Starlink satellites to orbit from California.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 362 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 1 March 2026.

02.03.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Groep 10-41 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceCom: SpaceX deploys two more Starlink groups into orbit on March 1 bicoastal launches.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 363 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 2 March 2026.

04.03.2026 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 10-40 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX launches 600th Starlink satellite of 2026 during predawn Falcon 9 rocket flight from Cape Canaveral.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX via X: Watch Falcon 9 launch 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 364 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 4 March 2026.

05.03.2026 – Mislukte lancering Japanse Kairos – Flight 3.
Eerst nog uitgesteld van februari naar maart:
Nippon: Japan's Space One Puts Off Kairos Rocket Launch.

SpaceCom: 3rd time’s the charm? Watch private Japanese rocket try to reach orbit today.

En weer uitgesteld:
Japan Wire: Japan startup cancels rocket launch again at last minute.

Ook de derde vlucht mislukte.
Space News: Third Kairos launch fails.
Payload: Space One Rocket Fails Third Consecutive Flight.

Filmpjes:
De Japanse livestream voor deze lancering vind je hier.
SciNews: KAIROS launch anomaly, 5 March 2026.

06.03.2026 – RocketLab/Electron lanceert “Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed”.
SpaceCom: Rocket Lab launches mystery satellite for 'confidential commercial customer'.
Space News: Rocket Lab launches satellite for undisclosed customer.

Filmpjes:
RocketLab: Rocket Lab - 'Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed' Launch.
SciNews: Electron launches “Insight At Speed Is A Friend Indeed”.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

Nog wachten op de terugkeer van Firefly Aerospace Alpha-raket.
SpaceCom: Firefly Aerospace prepares Alpha rocket for 1st launch since explosive mishaps last year.
Space Scout: Firefly Eyes Late February for Return to Flight.

SpaceCom: Firefly Aerospace scrubs Alpha rocket's return to flight due to high winds.

ISS – Progress-lancering voorzien op 22.03.2026 – Lanceerplatform hersteld. 
TASS: Progress cargo spacecraft launch to ISS scheduled for March 22.

Russian Space Web:Roskosmos completes Site 31 repairs.
Space Policy Online: Russia Completes Repairs to Site 31, Next Cargo Launch on March 22.
SpaceCom: Russia fixes launch pad damaged by Thanksgiving astronaut launch to the International Space Station.
NSF: Baikonur Launch Pad restored, clearing path for Progress MS-33 ISS Mission.

Raketnieuws.

Raket RFA One arriveert op Schotse lanceerbasis.
RFA: RFA ships stages to SaxaVord Spaceport.
NSF: UK domestic launch milestone as RFA ONE rocket arrives in Scotland.

Meer geld voor PLD Space – Miura.
European Spaceflight: Spain’s PLD Space Raises €180 Million in Series C Funding.
Space News: PLD Space raises $209 million to shift into serial rocket production.
Payload: PLD Space Closes €180M Series C, Eyes Flight Test This Year.
Spaceflight Now: Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production.

Eerste lancering Maia opgeschoven naar 2027.
European Spaceflight: MaiaSpace Pushes Inaugural Launch of Maia Rocket to 2027.

UK investeert in Schotse lanceerbasis.
European Spaceflight: The UK Will Invest £20 Million to Accelerate Spaceport Development in Scotland.

Een “Starship” voor Europa – Starliner.
Universe Today: Europe's Answer to Starship – Spaceliner.
Je vindt het rapport “Comparison of SpaceX’s Starship with winged heavy-lift launcher options for Europe” via deze link bij Springer Nature Space Journal.

Eerste lancering Chinese Kinetica-2 met Qinzhou-1 eind maart.
Space News: CAS Space to launch Kinetica-2 in late March carrying prototype cargo spacecraft.

Chinese Spark Space test Lieyan-2 raketmotor.
China in Space: Spark Space's Electric-Run Lieyan-2 Engine Completes System-Wide Test.

Het Indische Skyroot Aerospace en Vikram.
Via Satellite: Skyroot Aerospace: Indian Launch Player Ready for the Big Stage.

Minder NASA-lanceringen met SpaceX?
Ars Technica: Former NASA chief turned ULA lobbyist seeks law to limit SpaceX funding.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Japanse HTV-X1 vertrekt bij ISS.
NASA: NASA, JAXA to Cover HTV-X1 Spacecraft Departure from Space Station.
SpaceCom: Japan's 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station.

Filmpjes:
NASA: JAXA HTV-X1 Cargo Departure.
SciNews: HTV-X1 departure.

ISS – Op komst.
NASA: NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman Cargo Spacecraft Departure – 12.03.2026.
NASA: NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Station Resupply Launch – 08.04.2026.

ISS – De blogentries.
ISS Blog: Spacewalk and Japanese Cargo Craft Departure Preps Kick Off Week.
ISS Blog: Japan’s Cargo Spacecraft Nears Departure as Crew Works Spacewalk Preps, Science.
ISS Blog: Japanese Spacecraft Ready for Departure, Crew Studies Biology and Advanced Tech.
ISS Blog: Canadarm2 Grips Cargo Spacecraft, Spacewalk Prep and Biology Continue.
ISS Blog: Canadian Robotic Arm Releases Japan’s Spacecraft for Departure.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.

Filmpjes:
ESA: In-flight call with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot | εpsilon mission (English subtitle).
NASA: NASA Astronaut Discusses Life In Space With NBC Connecticut – Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
Spaceflight Now: Live: Interview with NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.
ESA: Training for the εpsilon mission.

NASA en het ISS tot in 2032 – Op zoek naar 2 commerciële ruimtestations.
Ars Technica: Congress extends ISS and tells NASA to get moving on private space stations.

De NASA Force.
NASA: NASA, OPM Launch NASA Force to Recruit Top Talent for US Space Program.

NASA Watch: And Now We Have “NASA Force”.
NASA Watch: Rebuilding Core Competencies Within NASA.
Space Policy Online: What’s Happening in Space Policy March 1-7, 2026.
Space Policy Online: Isaacman’s “NASA Force” Envisions Term-Limited Industry Positions in NASA.

ESA op zoek naar eigen ruimtestation?
European Spaceflight: ESA to Open Call for European-Led Space Station Studies.

Commerciële ruimtestations – Vast vindt meer geld.
Space News: Vast raises $500 million for commercial space station development.
Payload: Vast Secures $500M, Including $300M Series A.

Commerciële ruimtestations – Axiom Space.

Filmpje:
Axiom Space: How to Build a Spacecraft Hatch.

Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation – CSS.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China's "Space Mouse" Births Third Healthy Litter.
HiChina: Chinese space experiment sees butterfly emerge from in orbit.

Nieuws over Gaganyaan.
The Times of India: Gaganyaan: ISRO’s tracking antenna reaches Cocos Island in Australia.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 3 wordt testvlucht – Eerste maanlanding wordt Artemis 4.
Zie ook vorige Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart NUDR 2026/09-792.
NASA: NASA Strengthens Artemis: Adds Mission, Refines Overall Architecture.
Ars Technica: NASA shakes up its Artemis program to speed up lunar return.
Space News: NASA on ‘aggressive’ schedule to complete SLS repairs for April launch.
SpaceCom: NASA is overhauling its Artemis program. What does that mean for humanity's return to the moon?
The Space Review: Accelerating Artemis.
NSS: Policy Choices That Will Shape Our Lunar Future.
NSF: NASA’s Artemis ‘Course Correction’ Boosts Moonward Momentum: Key Details Still Maturing.

Space News: Senate committee advances NASA authorization bill that changes Artemis and extends ISS.
Space Policy Online: Senate Committee Clears New NASA Authorization Bill, Calls for Moon Base.

Filmpjes:
The Planetary Society: Artemis update: NASA reshapes the road back to the Moon - Planetary Radio.
Scott Manley: NASA's New Lunar Plan Revealed A Bit Too Much.....
Philip Sloss: NASA chooses new Artemis plan, but keeps details mysterious.

Artemis 4 en Artemis 5: Zonder EUS, met Centaur V.
SpaceCom: NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.

NASA Watch: Centaur V Upper Stage Added To Artemis IV and V.
Ars Technica: Ding-dong! The Exploration Upper Stage is dead.
Space News: NASA selects Centaur for new SLS upper stage.
Spaceflight Now: NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket.

Artemis 2 – In de VAB.
NASA Blog: NASA Repairs Upper Stage Helium Flow, Preps Continue Ahead of Rollout.

Ars Technica: No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon.
SpaceCom: NASA repairs Artemis 2 moon rocket in hopes of an April lunar launch.
Space News: SLS upper stage helium flow problem fixed.

Filmpje:
Spaceflight Now: Cinematic rollback of NASA's SLS Moon rocket to the VAB for repairs and prelaunch preps.

Artemis 2 – Moonbound op NASA+
Op NASA + krijg je een reeks filmpjes rond de Artemis 2 missie.
Eind januari verscheen een tweede aflevering.
“Moonbound” is hier te volgen.

Artemis 2 – Meer nieuws.
NASA: Artemis II: What’s on the Menu?
Space Daily: Networks ready to keep Artemis II crew connected around the Moon.

NASA: Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time.

Artemis – Een eerste maanbasis.
Universe Today: Laser-Based 3D Printing Could Build Future Bases on the Moon.

China naar de Maan – Menghzou.
NSF: China to test capsule further, attempt booster recoveries on land and sea.

Filmpje:
SciNews: LandSpace Lanyan hot fire test.

Starship nieuws.
Teslarati: SpaceX to launch Starlink V2 satellites on Starship starting 2027.
NSF: Starship Flight 12: Ship 39 moving through preflight test objectives.

Filmpjes:
WAI: Flight 12 Hardware is Coming Together! S39 Testing!
NSF: Starship V3 Ship 39 Begins Testing — Artemis III Just Changed | Starship Update.
Marcus House: The Starship Version 3 Flight Is Closer Than You Think.
NSF: hip 39 survives its first test | SpaceX Starbase.
NSF: "The artist formerly known as Ship 39?" | SpaceX Starbase.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

Planetoïde 2024 YR4 zal de Maan missen.
ESA: Asteroid 2024 YR4 will not impact the Moon.
SpaceCom: Good news for the moon: Famous asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smash into it in 2032.
Universe Today: Phew! NASA Rules Out Asteroid Smashup on the Moon in 2032
Sky & Telescope: Lunar Impact from Asteroid 2024 YR4 Ruled Out.
ESA: James Webb Space Telescope spots faint asteroid 2024 YR4 - 26 February 2026.

Meer nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Zon:
Universe Today: Predicting the Sun's Most Violent Outbursts.

Venus:
NASA Goddard (filmpje): Venus' Alpha Regio - NASA's DAVINCI Missio.

Aarde:
ESA: Antarctica retreat study signals future ice loss.
SpaceCom: Antarctica has lost 5,000 square miles of 'grounded ice' in the last 30 years, satellite images reveal.
TASS: Arctica-M No. 1 satellite transmits 50 TB of Arctic data in five years.

Maan:
China in Space: Scientists Publish Model of Potential Lunar Water Ice Locations Ahead of Chang'e 7 Mission.
The Planetary Society: Chang’e-7: China’s water-hunting lunar south pole mission.
Universe Today: What the Moon Rocks Were Hiding.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Curiosity Blog, Sols 4818-4824: Thinking Out of the Boxwork.
NASA MAVEN Status: NASA Anomaly Review Board Investigates MAVEN Loss of Signal.
ESA: ESA’s Mars orbiters watch solar superstorm hit the Red Planet.
Space News: NASA outlines objectives for Mars communications orbiter.

Planetoïde Ryugu:
Physorg: Asteroid Ryugu samples offer new insights into early solar system magnetism.

Planetoïdes Dimorphos en Didimos.:
NASA: NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun.
Ars Technica: Asteroid defense mission shifted the orbit of more than its target.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Oprichting Netherlands Space Agency – NLSA.
NLSA: Succesful launch of the Netherlands Space Agency.
De website van NLSA vind je hier.

Sierra Space haalt meer geld op.
Space News: Sierra Space raises $550 million in Series C funding.
Payload: Sierra Space Closes $550M Series C.

Europa en de (militaire) ruimtevaart.
02.03 – Breaking Defense: Austria military’s first satellite will hunt for GPS, Galileo interference – BEACONSAT.
03.03 – GroundStation: Amsterdam Space Symposium opens with NATO, ESA, EUSPA and national perspectives.

PWSA – Nieuws.
03.03 – Lanteris: Intuitive Machines Selected by L3Harris to Support SDA Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
03.03 – Via Satellite: L3Harris Selects Intuitive Machines as Subcontractor for SDA Trache 3.
05.03 – Air and Space Forces: Space Development Agency Faces Challenges Scaling its Growing Constellation.

Space Force – Iran.
02.03 – Space News: Pentagon details cyber, space ‘first mover’ role in Iran operations.
02.03 – Breaking Defense: Pentagon details cyber, space ‘first mover’ role in Iran operations.
02.03 – Air and Space Forces: US Space Command Among ‘First Movers’ in Strikes Against Iran.
04.03 – SatNews: The Iran Precedent: Operation Epic Fury and the Law of Armed Conflict in Space.
05.03 – Defense One: The US says it destroyed Iran’s space command. Experts say it wasn’t much of a threat.
06.03 – Ars Technica: Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran’s attacks on US bases – Planet Labs.

Maar ook:
04.03 – Payload: Heritage Foundation Rates Space Force ‘Marginal’.
Het betrokken rapport “2026 Index Of US Military Strength” vind je hier (PDF).

USA vs China.
03.03 – China in Space: U.S. Space Force Looking Into Attacking Chinese Satellites, Lt. Gen. Outlines.

Space Force – Meer nieuws.
01.03 – Space News: Space Force opens secretive space tracking to commercial firms.
02.03 – The Space Review: The ghost in the orbit: how hybrid surveillance reshapes risks – GHOST-R / GSSAP.
02.03 – Space News: Space Force rethinks satellite ground station strategy.

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